No mighty king, no ambitious emperor, no pope, or prophet ever dreamt of such an awesome pulpit, so potent a magic wand. — Fred W. Friendly Copy Share Image
I think Ant and I were ambitious because of where we come from. Both of us are from working-class families on council… — Declan Donnelly Copy Share Image
The ascent to greatness, however steep and dangerous, may entertain an active spirit with the consciousness and exercise of its own power:… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
Like pretty much every other ambitious person, I always figured I'd eventually move to New York. It is, at this point, half-dream… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
It's not precisely that I'm not ambitious. I love what I do, and I love doing it, and I love getting better… — Summer Phoenix Copy Share Image
Can you give someone a bad name for wanting to be ambitious? For wanting to move onto bigger things? That person is… — Michail Antonio Copy Share Image
I totally enjoy what I'm doing and bringing joy into people's lives. To me, and if I can bring one second of… — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
The morning, when I need to have opinions and answers across the board very quickly, is a constant fight between ease and… — Allison Silverman Copy Share Image
Noomi [Rapace] felt fresh. And she's passionate and ambitious in all the right ways. She's a tour de force. Every time I… — Kam Williams Copy Share Image
Obviously I want to play as high as I can, to test me ability. I hope I can keep climbing the leagues… — Paul Mullin Copy Share Image
“I am very proud, revengeful, ambitious, with more offences at my beck than I have thoughts to put them in, imagination to… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
We come to our own and would make friends with matter, which the ambitious chatter of the schools would persuade us to… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
To his credit, Obama has undertaken a truly ambitious effort to redefine the United States' view of the world and to reconnect… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
For the mob, habituated to feed at the expense of others, and to have its hopes of a livelihood in the property… — Polybius Copy Share Image
Growing up, there were TV shows that were very funny but very traditional. Classic things like 'Fawlty Towers,' obviously, and 'Blackadder' were… — Edgar Wright Copy Share Image
I mean a man whose hopes and aims may sometimes lie (as most men's sometimes do, I dare say) above the ordinary… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
It is clear that while our Army was engaged in Afghanistan and Iraq, Russia studied U.S. capabilities and vulnerabilities and embarked on… — H. R. McMaster Copy Share Image
As captain, I want us to be ambitious; I want us to be winners - but above all, I hope we will… — Steph Houghton Copy Share Image
I have no interest or desire to be head of Fine Gael… I am ambitious for my country and I always said… — Lucinda Creighton Copy Share Image
There is plenty of ambitious competition and hypocrisy in the middle class, which makes it a rather fertile environment for a writer. — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
The general problem with ambitious systems is complexity. [...] it is important to emphasize the value of simplicity and elegance, for complexity… — Fernando J. Corbato Copy Share Image
I'm not an ambitious person. I'm very content, and I have no pending dreams. God has given me so much, and if… — Chiranjeevi Copy Share Image
I wanted to make a more Romanesque film that told a story over a long period of time - this one spans… — Christophe Honore Copy Share Image
“...ambitious intelligence [is] a force that can demolish the 'heart's reasons' — namely, a warm empathy, a considerateness toward others, a willingness,… — Robert Coles, M.D Copy Share Image
That's what bands like Pink Floyd and bands like Rush and even the Metallica of this world have, which is long, ambitious… — Zacky Vengeance Copy Share Image
As a typically ambitious player, I did what all others of that ilk do: Everything I could do to gain advantage for… — Gary Gygax Copy Share Image
It is so easy to "calibrate" -that is, given the pressures on a smaller company to redefine in less ambitious terms- that… — Kevin Allen Copy Share Image
I think the difference between me and some of the other YBAs [Young British Artists] was that I was ambitious for the… — Rachel Whiteread Copy Share Image
It's hard for women every single day; we have to be nice, but not too nice, ambitious, but not too ambitious. It… — Paige Spiranac Copy Share Image
In order to be profoundly dishonest, a person must have one of two qualities: either he is unscrupulously ambitious, or he is… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I'm looking for a guy who can make me laugh, who knows exactly what he wants, who's ambitious, ready to start a… — Rachel Lindsay Copy Share Image
“Starting a company has become the way for ambitious young people to do something that seems simultaneously careerist and heroic.” — Gideon Lewis-Kraus Copy Share Image
“Professional ambition is expected of men but is optional—or worse, sometimes even a negative—for women. “She is very ambitious” is not a… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
Before we got married, I had tremendous ambition. Once we got married and I started having children, then I just thought that… — Eydie Gorme Copy Share Image
I'm ambitious for is to not get caught 'acting'. I want to really feel the role and not let people see the… — Harrison Ford Copy Share Image
I had always known what I wanted, and that was beauty... in every form... a beautiful house, beautiful man, a beautiful life… — Joan Crawford Copy Share Image
I'm extremely ambitious. I don't know why people are afraid to say that. I won't sell my soul to the devil, but… — Jada Pinkett Smith Copy Share Image
John Barth, I think, was really a writer of my own age and somewhat of my own temperament, although his books are… — John Updike Copy Share Image
Evidently, there are many great American writers. But sometimes it can feel as though American fiction is dominated by relatively linear narrative… — Katie Kitamura Copy Share Image
Green is not just about renewable energy. It's also about creating a new direction for the whole economy. This requires government to… — Mariana Mazzucato Copy Share Image
![“Noomi [Rapace] felt fresh. And she's passionate and ambitious in all the right ways. She's a tour de force. Every time I was trying to have a discussion with the actors, she'd be pulling out a blade out from underneath her gypsy skirt and menace someone saying, "Maybe I should slit your throat."” quote by Kam Williams](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/856/kam-williams-31553_actors_noomi-rapace-felt-fresh-and-she-s-passio_2645853.jpg)
![“The general problem with ambitious systems is complexity. [...] it is important to emphasize the value of simplicity and elegance, for complexity has a way of compounding difficulties.” quote by Fernando J. Corbato](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/a99/fernando-j-corbato-42400_ambitious_the-general-problem-with-ambitious-syste_1719345.png)
![“...ambitious intelligence [is] a force that can demolish the 'heart's reasons' — namely, a warm empathy, a considerateness toward others, a willingness, even, to let them become one's teachers, however humble or troubled their lives.” quote by Robert Coles, M.D](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/38a/robert-coles-m-d-92080_intelligence_ambitious-intelligence-is-a-force-that-c_1986223.jpg)
![“I think the difference between me and some of the other YBAs [Young British Artists] was that I was ambitious for the work, and not ambitious for myself.” quote by Rachel Whiteread](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/178/rachel-whiteread-75565_ambitious_i-think-the-difference-between-me-and-so_1347532.jpg)
